The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-13

legal voters, and how the memorials pre-
sented are to be verified, Is not prescribed
would suggest that. on the presentation
OF legal petition asking that . new
county be organized. the executive should
be empowered to appoint some citizen OF
the state, not q resident of nor interested
In the proposed new county, as census
taker; and that said census taker, in ad-
| dillon to the duties now prescribed by
| law, should be required to take an express
sion OF the preference of the legal voters
| on the location of the county seat, and
make return thereof, under oath. Long,
expensive and annoying controversies
might thus be avoided, and fair and i'm
partial basis for executive action would
be established.
STATE FINANCES.
The reports OF the auditor and treasurer
furnish detailed and satisfactory exhibit
of the financial transactions Of the state for
the last biennial period. During the two
years covered by these reports the receipts
OF the treasury (including . balance of
1854 ,512 on on hand July LIST, 1884 aggrs-
gated IS 547. 1877 80, and the disbursements
for the same period were "a, 0o2, 1874 IT,
leaving balance in the treasury. June
30lh, 1886, OF 1854 ,27S.16.
The total bonded debt of the state on the
Let Of January, 1887, was s83O.50O. show
ing reduction, since January LIST, 1885,
Of Sl05 600. OF the debt outstanding only
1886 600 OF bonds remain IN the hands OF
individuals and corporations, e574 500 be-
ing held by different state funds The
permanent school fund holds $S63,6O0;
the sinking fund, S12 900; and the uni
versiiy fund, $4,000.
The bonds and securities in the treasury
on the 3lst day OF December, 1885, Aggre-
gated a 607 ,046 90, as follows: Perma
nent school fund bonds, $4,OO1 327 % (;
sinking fund bonds, $4,000; university
fund bonds, e1Oo, 469; Normal school fund
bonds, 81 407; agricultural college en-
dowment fund bonds, &4SS. Oo5.o0; agri-
cultural college notes and contracts, S4S,-
777.Ss.
From July lat to December 31st, 1885,
the receipts Of the state treasury were Is
follows: From taxes, $454, 074 on; from
peniteatiary earnings, $51 ,2O3.4 Al: from
insane asylums, SEAL from state librarian.
sales OF supreme court reports,
SS from sS ia on the from :sss
Of school lands, principal, $3.50. $685.
50; from sales of school lands, interest,
e146 s25. Al; from sales of university lands,
principal, $5,o5376, and inter-
est, Sl,997 "a from sales Of
Normal school lards, principal,
$5 10, and interest. $3,994 IS; from
sales OF agricultural college lands, princi-
pal, gas, S71 "a, and interest, g. 495 81 !;
from principal of county, township and
school district bonds, S95 1928. II and from
interest on same. $24. 252 IL; from sale of
state bonds, 80, 105, and from miscellAne-
Gus sources, $125-making total Of 81
224, SIT "a, which, added to the balance on
hand June 30th, 1886, makes total of
81, $685. 51 10.
The disbursements during the same six
months were as follows: On warrants
drawn by state auditor, $571 1857 .06 !;
drawn by school fund Commissioners,
$445. $50 80; by state superintendent OF
public instruction, $242, 47O.S1; by re-
gents of Normal school, 50 600; by Agri-
cultural college loan commissioners. $685.
625; by regents OF Agricultural college,
$l4. 1898; on payment Of state bonds, $17,-
600, and on payment of coupons, &c.,
662 50-making total, 1880, 6s526.
The balance in the treasury December
31st, 1880, aggregated $41S, 1854, divided
among the several funds az follows: Cen
eraI revenue, $111,672 SIS; library, ST.
344 so; insurance, SO '729.32; state house,
$28.002 %; sinking fund, $1,S76.47;
interest fund, $41 1905; militia, $2,-
431. 16; veterinary, $29, 800 81; permanent
school fund, $50 $50 80; annual school
fund. $113 626.90; tVersity permanent
tuAd, $4.742 90; land interest, 1924 SO;
Normal school permanent fund, 81, 891 81,
endowment fund, $14,24l rs. and Agricul-
tural college income fund, 81, 742.S7.
STATE PROPERTY AND TAXATION.
During the past quarter of century
the state has been erecting public build
ingG that will survive for centuries to
come, and paying for them, not by is
SUNG bonds. but by direct taxation. 1t
has built large asylums for the care OF the
unfortunate, the helpless, and the insane !;
1t has erected colleges, universities and
schools for the education of its youth; it
has provided institutions for the confine-
ment of the vicious and the criminal, and
for the reformation of the wsywArd; and
Il is building handsome and commodi-
Gus, though not extrAvAgant, state house.
Its public buildings and grounds, with
their eQuipement. are worth at Q moderate
estimate, over IS, $50 900.
In the following table the area OF the
public grounds, and value of grounds.
buildings and euqipement, are given In
dataI1.